Fall 2011 Super Secret Clubhouse!
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Topic: RE: Before & After Pics ...... did you?
I didn't take any before either. My Mom keeps insisting I take a pic once a week. I just don't want to see myself like this.
HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)
Topic: RE: Dating
lol I hope I become more accepting of my apperance too. It would be nice.
Its great that you found a man that truely loves you!! I hope to have that one day. I kinda feel like it is never going to happen... I have always been big and never really had the boyfriends to know what I want or am looking for...if that makes sense
I would love to find a GB guy but honestly how in the world are you only going to meet GB guys... besides at the once a month at the meetings you should go to...
I am excited to be a cheap date in that aspect lol :)
Its great that you found a man that truely loves you!! I hope to have that one day. I kinda feel like it is never going to happen... I have always been big and never really had the boyfriends to know what I want or am looking for...if that makes sense
I would love to find a GB guy but honestly how in the world are you only going to meet GB guys... besides at the once a month at the meetings you should go to...
I am excited to be a cheap date in that aspect lol :)
Topic: RE: Thanks to everyone!
Really, just hang in there. It is going to start to come off again. I have been told to make sure to get all the protein in, drink the water, and stop getting on the scale. It has no choice but to come off.
Topic: RE: Dating
I am hoping.. that the farther I am out.. the more accepting I will be of my body and its "appearance".
While I am not in the dating scene, I do wonder, what my husband will say.. in a few more months when everything is a hanging a real down low...
We have been together for a very long time.. and he has seen me in a few body sizes and shapes.... this time just feels different for some reason...
There is a plus to only dating |GB patients.. they know what you have been through.. they will eat the same thing at the restaraunt on dates... lol...
While I am not in the dating scene, I do wonder, what my husband will say.. in a few more months when everything is a hanging a real down low...
We have been together for a very long time.. and he has seen me in a few body sizes and shapes.... this time just feels different for some reason...
There is a plus to only dating |GB patients.. they know what you have been through.. they will eat the same thing at the restaraunt on dates... lol...
Topic: Before & After Pics ...... did you?
Is this weird? I did not take before pictures..
Just curious, how many of you did? Am I crazy?
Personally I was/am in the state of mind, that I really did not want to remember what "size" I had become.. and only wanted to concentrate on the future...
While I feel the changes in my body.. and I can see the changes (somewhat) when I wear certain clothes... I just felt no desire to chronicle it... in pictures...
Maybe I am in some sort of denial? Who knows.. maybe I just lazy... bahahahahh
Thoughts?
Just curious, how many of you did? Am I crazy?
Personally I was/am in the state of mind, that I really did not want to remember what "size" I had become.. and only wanted to concentrate on the future...
While I feel the changes in my body.. and I can see the changes (somewhat) when I wear certain clothes... I just felt no desire to chronicle it... in pictures...
Maybe I am in some sort of denial? Who knows.. maybe I just lazy... bahahahahh
Thoughts?
Topic: RE: okay still no loss
yep... I am in a stall too.. I am about 7 weeks out...
But.. I am in a struggle with my protein level... I probably only consume about 500 calories a day.. so I am working on upping both..
May the "force" be with you... ok thst was the only witty thing I could think of... see told you my protein was down...
But.. I am in a struggle with my protein level... I probably only consume about 500 calories a day.. so I am working on upping both..
May the "force" be with you... ok thst was the only witty thing I could think of... see told you my protein was down...
Topic: RE: Thanks to everyone!
I do not have the problem of not holding food down, but my weight loss is at an almost stand still. For the first week or two after my surgery I lost about 1 or 2 pounds a day!! Now since the second week or so I lose at most is 1 pound every 2 weeks!!! This just seems crazy to eat as little as I do, exercise daily and not be losing weight. Even my Dr. was surprised I was not losing at a faster rate. He suggested I "up" the intensity of my work outs (which I have done this week), and to up the amount of protein I am taking in (this I have also done this week). Still each morning there is no change at ALL! I am trying to not get to discouraged, but I am. Even if my body is in some kind of starvation mode, it can only last so long right? At SOME point my body HAS to start giving up some of this weight-right? Well if anyone has any suggestions on how to jump start this stale, i would truely appreciate it. Thank you so much.
Topic: RE: okay still no loss
Boy it's easier from this end !
You are probably gaining muscle which weighs more than fat (I'm sure you know this). For some reason I think when we are going through this ourselves it is just not comprehendable why we would not be losing.
I am finally on a (hope hope) downward spiral again. I lost two pounds after having gained 7 over Thanksgiving where I didn't eat hardly anything-and certainly didn't eat any pie or desert - threw up one of my small meals....so.
We are just too close from having our surgery is what I have been told by others here at work who had the surgery years ago. They said that plateaus are not unusual because your body thinks it is starving and tries to hold on to the fat reserves.
If you are anything like me I can fluctuate with water weight from one day to the next-and I'm telling ya, I gained that 7 pounds without eating much of anything, so it had to be water-though I am not even sure where that came from bc for a while there I had difficulty getting enough of it in, too!
Hang in there Apple Jax! (Leslie)
Leslie
You are probably gaining muscle which weighs more than fat (I'm sure you know this). For some reason I think when we are going through this ourselves it is just not comprehendable why we would not be losing.
I am finally on a (hope hope) downward spiral again. I lost two pounds after having gained 7 over Thanksgiving where I didn't eat hardly anything-and certainly didn't eat any pie or desert - threw up one of my small meals....so.
We are just too close from having our surgery is what I have been told by others here at work who had the surgery years ago. They said that plateaus are not unusual because your body thinks it is starving and tries to hold on to the fat reserves.
If you are anything like me I can fluctuate with water weight from one day to the next-and I'm telling ya, I gained that 7 pounds without eating much of anything, so it had to be water-though I am not even sure where that came from bc for a while there I had difficulty getting enough of it in, too!
Hang in there Apple Jax! (Leslie)
Leslie
Topic: RE: okay still no loss
i am trying not to freak the flip out about this weight loss thing!!
i lost 14 pounds in a week and then nothing, i have literally fluctuated up and down 4 pounds for 3 weeks!!
how is this possible? i am drinking all water, vitamins, 600-700 calories, protein etc.
i am sooooooo upset about this, i lost more weight before surgery!
i am keeping a food diary to show my dr because i know she will ask for one and i want to get moving!
i upped my exercise this week, 30 min a day to see if it helps, but i am trying really hard not to get upset. i had a good cry last week.
on the other hand i have lost inches everywhere, i dont understand how that works at all!
i lost 5 in my hips and 4 in the thighs, 1.5 in my neck, 2 in my arm, 2 in the calf, 3 in my waist, but 14 pounds does not account for that in my opinion.
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!
i lost 14 pounds in a week and then nothing, i have literally fluctuated up and down 4 pounds for 3 weeks!!
how is this possible? i am drinking all water, vitamins, 600-700 calories, protein etc.
i am sooooooo upset about this, i lost more weight before surgery!
i am keeping a food diary to show my dr because i know she will ask for one and i want to get moving!
i upped my exercise this week, 30 min a day to see if it helps, but i am trying really hard not to get upset. i had a good cry last week.
on the other hand i have lost inches everywhere, i dont understand how that works at all!
i lost 5 in my hips and 4 in the thighs, 1.5 in my neck, 2 in my arm, 2 in the calf, 3 in my waist, but 14 pounds does not account for that in my opinion.
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!
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